Optimum Lightpath launches Broadcast Video Transport over Metro Ethernet

AUGUST 28, 2007 -- Optimum Lightpath (search for Optimum Lightpath), the next-generation business broadband service provider of Cablevision Systems Corp., today announced the launch and availability of Broadcast Video Transport (BVT), the newest addition to Optimum Lightpath's Metro Ethernet Intelligent Transport Services portfolio.

Optimum Lightpath says its BVT addresses the needs of the media sectors, including production facilities, broadcasters, television stations, content distributors, and enterprises that have high-resolution, broadcast-quality video requirements. The service supports compressed, uncompressed, analog, digital, and high-definition video applications that require "Broadcast Quality," given its sensitivity to packet loss, transit delay, and jitter.

"Content distributors, broadcast stations, post-production facilities, and live venues have long been requesting alternatives to the video services currently available in the market," recalls Dave Pistacchio, general manager, Optimum Lightpath. "With the launch of Optimum Lightpath's new Broadcast Video Transport over Metro Ethernet, we are able to leverage our state-of-the-art fiber-optic network to offer our customers greater flexibility, resiliency, and simplicity, as well as provide a superior alternative to currently available services."

Optimum Lightpath's BVT is an MEF 9 and 14 certified service with standard attributes that include dedicated access termination; guaranteed bandwidth [CIR]; quality of service; and network path protection with <50ms resiliency.

"With its Broadcast Video Transport product, Optimum Lightpath has added a feature-rich product designed to meet the current and growing needs of the broadcast segment," notes Steve Hansen, Senior Analyst for In-Stat. "Its ability to handle a high volume of uncompressed video, and the capability to transport bi-directionally through the same pipeline are features that contribute to a significant increase in video quality. Additionally," he says, "Optimum Lightpath's pricing model provides flexibility and transparency to customers looking for either a long-term solution or event-driven needs."

Optimum Lightpath's BVT leverages Optimum Lightpath's intelligent, carrier-class Metro Ethernet network, which it claims is one of the most advanced fiber-optic networks in the country, spanning more than 2,700 route miles throughout northern New Jersey, Connecticut, and the New York metropolitan area.

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